Alcoa named a component of the DJSI
For the ninth consecutive year, Alcoa has been selected as a component of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI), one of the most highly recognized and long-standing global sustainability indexes. Alcoa was named to both the World and the Mr Michaud named VP HR
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. has appointed Mr James R Michaud to the position of VP, Human Resources. Mr Michaud will officially join Cliffs on 7 September 2010, reporting to Laurie Brlas executive VP finance and administration and chief financial Sojitz raises molybdenum output
Sojitz Corp. said that its molybdenum mining JV in Canada will raise its annual output capacity 60% to 7300tns in 2011 to prepare for future growth in demand. The company will be expanding and upgrading equipment at the Endako mine in the Solaris Industries opens tube plant
To meet the needs of a growing customer base in the US, Solaris Industries, an international manufacturer of steel tubing, officially opened its plant at Kings Mountain in North Carolina. It plans to hire about 40 to 50 employees over the next two years. Universal Stainless names Chief Technology Officer
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. has announced that Arthur C Reardon Ph.D. has been named to the newly-created position of Chief Technology Officer effective 31 August 2010. The new position was created to strengthen the company's technical 
American Petro-Hunter Inc. has announced that the company is finalizing plans to drill a horizontal oil well on the North Oklahoma Project leases located in Payne County, Oklahoma. 
Ryerson Inc., a distributor and processor of metals in North America, has opened a new service center in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.